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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Great. Glad to hear it. I'm not the only person who thinks you lot (and a
> number of other ingrates out there in the rest of the world too, for that
> matter) should be left to fend for yourselves ...
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=ingrate gives "an ungrateful
person", or "a person who shows no gratitude"... none of the meanings it
lists have any negative connotation beyond that.
Ya, that's namecalling all right. (1) But of course, words like "airhead",
"poodle", "lapdog", "cowboy" et. al. are not.
1 - sarcasm alert
++Lar
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| (...) Well spotted on the hypocrisy - he's just grinding his usual axe. And I wish to note that I have great respect for the way Frank expresses his opinions (we could all learn a lesson by emulating him). But, ummmmm, errrrr, I'd agree with most of (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) You are mixing political satire with being offensive. I just don't see the point of calling someone's comments "hatful", ungrateful or as being "divorced from reality" as being all that constructive. I’d have been less concerned if you had (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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